[quote author="gwailo168" date=1214883018]IF you want to walk across the street from La Palma, I would suggest living in Cerritos.
There are some nice neighborhoods in La Palma that I would not mind living in. They have their own police station, and the city itself is very small. They also have a pretty spectacular cul-de-sac that puts on a nice christmas light show every year.</blockquote>
My personal experience with neighborhoods that is rectangular shape and parallel to the freeways was bad. I have experienced break in to my cars many times and twice in La Palma by the Marie Callendar during my late 20's. I think a neighborhoods is safer when It is shaped like a triangle as a result from the proposed freeways at some wierd angle. Here are some examples: Virginia Country Club in LB, Floral Park in SA, Roosmoor in Los Alamito, and Old Town Tustin. The diagonal streets are confusing and not a good and quick get away for thieves. The freeway walls created a time capsule shell for the vintage neighborhoods away from the greedy developers. The preservation is another happy accident by our government in freeway planning.
Criminals like simple streets and easy freeway access after robbery. They do not want to be trapped in complicated streets.